Deborah Font Jiménez Explained

Deborah Font
Full Name:Deborah Font Jiménez
Birth Date:6 September 1985
Birth Place:El Vendrell, Tarragona, Spain
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Deborah Font Jiménez (born 6 September 1985 in El Vendrell, Tarragona) is a swimmer from Spain.

Personal

Font was born 6 September 1985 in El Vendrell, Tarragona. She is blind. She found a job with assistance from the Employment HPOD PROAD Program, which is supported by ONCE.[1] In December 2013, she attended an event marking Spanish insurance company Santa Lucía Seguros becoming a sponsor of the Spanish Paralympic Committee, and consequently Plan ADOP which funds high performance Spanish disability sport competitors. She chose to attend the event because she wanted to show support for this type of sponsorship.[2]

Swimming

Font is an B2/S12 classification swimmer. When swimming, she has a "tapper" who taps her so she knows when she has to initiate a turn in the water.

Font competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, where she earned a gold medal in the 100 meter breaststroke race, and a pair of bronze medals in the 400 meter freestyle race and the 200 meter individual medley race. She raced at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, and earned a silver in the 100 meter breaststroke race. In 2007, she competed at the IDM German Open.[3] She competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, and won a bronze in the 50 meter freestyle race. Total, she has a gold medal, two silvers and four bronze medals from the Paralympic Games.[4]

In 2011, Font trained with Carla Casals. She competed at the 2011 IPC European Swimming Championships in Berlin, Germany where she won a bronze medal in the 100 meter breaststroke.[5] [6] [7] In 2012, she competed at the Paralympic Swimming Championship of Spain by Autonomous Communities.[8] She raced at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. She was the number three swimmer in the 400 meter freestyle race.[9] She finished sixth in the 200 meter individual medley.[10] She competed at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships.[11] [12] From the Catalan region of Spain, she was a recipient of a 2012 Plan ADO scholarship.[13] In November 2013, she competed at the Spanish Age Swimming Championships for blind and visually impaired.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tres medallistas paralímpicos obtienen trabajo gracias al Programa ADOP Empleo - Comité Paralímpico Español - Esto es DxT . Estoesdxt.es . 11 August 2013 . es . Spain . 28 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131228080720/http://www.estoesdxt.es/index.php?type=public&zone=items&action=view&categoryID=345&codeID=7771 . dead .
  2. Web site: RSC.-La aseguradora 'santalucía' renueva su compromiso con el Plan ADOP . Europapress.es . December 13, 2013 . December 25, 2013 . es. Spain.
  3. Web site: Berlin, Germany. Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaften im Schwimmen. de. Paralympischer Sport Club Berlin.
  4. Web site: Los 11 de la ONCE . MARCA.com . November 11, 2013 . November 21, 2013. es.
  5. Web site: La nadadora valenciana Anna Ortiz, campeona de Europa de 50 metros braza . elperiodic.com . 2013-07-31 . 7 August 2013. Spain. es .
  6. Web site: Malagaes.com . Noticias de Málaga : La andaluza Marta Gómez logra su segunda medalla de bronce en el Europeo de Natación Paralímpica — MALAGAES.COM 05/07/2011 . Malagaes.com . 2013-07-18 . 7 August 2013 . es . Spain . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203015020/http://www.malagaes.com/noticia.asp?id=29167 . 3 December 2013 .
  7. Web site: RTVE.es - BERLÍN (ALEMANIA) . España logra 17 medallas en los Paralímpicos de natación de Berlín . RTVE.es . 2011-07-05 . 11 August 2013. es . Spain.
  8. Web site: Castellón acoge a los mejores nadadores en el Campeonato de España de Natación Paralímpica — Natación — Esto es DxT . Estoesdxt.es . 7 August 2013 . es . Spain . 17 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180817161542/http://www.estoesdxt.es/index.php?type=public&zone=items&action=view&categoryID=249&codeID=4944 . dead .
  9. Web site: Biografías. Comité Paralímpico Español. Spain. es. 2012. June 26, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20170308050339/http://www.paralimpico.es/publicacion/buscador/datosbiografia.asp?idatleta=77789121Q. March 8, 2017. dead.
  10. Web site: Miguel Luque suma el único metal del día. Natación/Paralímpicos . Terra.es . 7 August 2013 . Spain . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130929033433/http://www.terra.es/deportes/mas-deportes/noticias/articulo/miguel-luque-unico-1091877.htm . 29 September 2013 .
  11. Web site: Deportes : La extremeña Isabel Yinghua Hernández competirá en el Campeonato del Mundo de Natación Paralímpica . https://archive.today/20130811103608/http://www.extremaduradehoy.com/periodico/deportes/extremena_isabel_yinghua_hernandez_competira_campeonato_del_mundo_natacion-190504.html . dead . 11 August 2013 . Extremaduradehoy.com . 11 August 2013 . es . Spain .
  12. Web site: Agencia EFE . Los nadadores canarios Michelle Alonso e Israel Oliver competirán por triunfo. . Eldiariomontanes.es . 11 August 2013 . Spain . es . https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235759/http://www.eldiariomontanes.es/agencias/20130809/deportes/mas-deportes/nadadores-canarios-michelle-alonso-israel_201308091313.html . 2 December 2013 . dead .
  13. Web site: Observatori Català de l'Esport OCE INEFC . Observatoridelesport.cat . November 22, 2013 . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203000531/http://www.observatoridelesport.cat/indicador.asp?subdim=3&id_ind=292&lng=esp . December 3, 2013 .
  14. Web site: Deportes. Deborah font e israel oliver compiten en madrid en el campeonato por edades de natación – Juegos paralímpicos – Noticias, última hora, vídeos y fotos de Juegos paralímpicos en lainformacion.com . lainformacion.com . November 15, 2013 . November 21, 2013 . es . 2 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131202232622/http://noticias.lainformacion.com/deporte/juegos-paralimpicos/deportes-deborah-font-e-israel-oliver-compiten-en-madrid-en-el-campeonato-por-edades-de-natacion_P9CtnCRanD2siaSuWwF1C7/ . dead .

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